Caffeine – February 1st Edition

Happy February! As you’d expect, we’ve got a ton more pilot orders this week. But first, a few premiere dates …

Premiere dates:
March 3rd: Billy and Billie
March 25th: Full Circle, Young & Hungry
April 5th: Salem

Renewed: Togetherness

Cancelled: Ground Floor

HBO has officially greenlit a Lewis and Clark miniseries starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Casey Affleck.

Fox has confirmed that they’re in the early stages of developing an X-Men live-action series.

Pilot orders:
ABC: Chevy Chase/Beverly D’Angelo comedy Chev & Bev, a comedy based on the life of Dan Savage, 1970s Boston female cop procedural Broad Squad, Shonda Rhimes con drama The Catch, mystery drama Flesh and Blood, medical advocate drama The Advocate, North Dakota energy boom drama Boom, legal soap The Adversaries, murder mystery Kingmakers, a Jonny Knoxville comedy, an NBA comedy, family/football comedy Delores & Jermaine, marriage comedy The 46 Percenters, recluse comedy The King of 7B, a youth sports comedy, family comedy The Brainy Bunch
Amazon: Casanova
CBS: A Rush Hour drama, a remake of comedy pilot Super Clyde, family man comedy Joe Time, medical drama Code Black, divorced dad comedy The Half of It, Limitless sequel drama, guardian angel comedy Angel from Hell, an untitled comedy about family and friends in different life situations, medical drama LFE, David Shore/Bryan Cranston con drama Sneaky Pete, FBI drama For Justice
FOX: A family comedy from Dana Klein, fantasy football comedy Fantasy Life, Rivers Cuomo comedy Detour
HBO: Historical music drama Virtuoso from Alan Ball and Elton John
NBC: A Monica Potter comedy, Jimmy Fallon workplace comedy Sharing, horror comedy Strange Calls, an adaptation of British comedy Cuckoo, comedy Problem Child (based on the movie)

In development:
FX: WWII limited series Those Angry Days from Graham Yost and Noah Wyle
Showtime: An American version of miniseries The Driver starring David Morrissey

Michael Cuesta will direct FOX’s Frankenstein pilot.

Guest stars!
Angie Tribeca: Adam Scott
Brothers in Atlanta: Maya Rudolph, Jaden Smith
Jane the Virgin: Rita Moreno
Mom: David Krumholtz
New Girl: Fiona Gubelmann
The Slap: Blythe Danner
Supernatural: Madeleine Arthur

Returns:
Devious Maids: Brianna Brown
The Good Wife: Gary Cole
Mike and Molly: Kathy Bates

Casting:
Chicago P.D.: Nick Gehlfuss
The Clan of the Cave Bear: Millie Brady
Criminal Minds spinoff: Tyler James Williams, Anna Gunn
Extant: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Fargo: Michael Hogan
The Good Wife: Oliver Platt
Gotham: Colm Feore
Grimm: Nico Evers-Swindell
Happy Time: Idina Menzel
Kevin at Work: Noah Reid, Paige Spara, Matt Murray, Jordan Hinson, Punam Patel
Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones: David Tennant, Rachael Taylor
Power: Jerry Ferrara
Ray Donovan: Leland Orser, Katie Holmes, Jason Butler Harner, Fairuza Balk, Shree Crooks
Scream Queens: Nick Jonas
Supergirl: Mehcad Brooks
Telenovela: Amaury Nolasco, Jencarlos Canela, Diana Maria Riva
Vice Principals: Georgia King, Busy Philipps
Virtuoso: Peter Macdissi, Iva Babic, Francois Civil, Lindsay Farris, Nico Mirallegro, Alex Lawther
Wet Hot American Summer: Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Jason Schwartzman
Wrecked: Zach Cregger, Ginger Gonzaga, Jessica Lowe, Asif Ali, Ally Maki, Will Greenberg, Brooke Dillman, James Scott, George Basil, Rhys Darby, Brian Sacca

(Image courtesy of WGN America.)

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